Determination of Menopausal Symptoms and Their Effect on General Health Related Quality of Life among Women Attending Teaching Hospitals in Al-Hilla City Ameen Wafaa Ahmed1,*, Kheleel Muna Abd-Al Wahab1 1Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq *Corresponding author: Wafaa Ahmed Ameen. Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq.
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract Menopause is defined as the permanent cessation of menses. The age at which natural menopause occurs is between the ages of 45 and 55 years for women worldwide. The deficiency of female hormones elicits various somatic, vasomotor, sexual and psychological symptoms that impair the overall quality of life of women. Objectives To determine the menopausal symptoms and to find out the effects of menopausal symptoms on women's general health related quality of life. A descriptive analytic study design was conducted on (269) menopausal women was selected throughout the use of Non-Probability sampling approach. The sample of the study includes menopausal women who attended at teaching hospitals in Al-Hilla city. A questionnaire has been used as a tool of data collection for the period of (13thFebruary-30th July 2018) and; including: women characteristics (socio, reproductive); Menopausal Symptoms women's general health related quality of life. The results of the study revealed that (43.5%)of women aged (56–60) years with Mean ± SD(54.57 + 4.424). Seventy four percent of participants are married, (33.5%) of them are graduated from institute and above, the highest percentage among those(39.4%) have body mass index (30–39.9kg/m2). Top Keywords Determination, Menopausal Symptoms, Effect, General Health, Quality of life. Top |